盐湖城 鹽湖城 yán hú chéng Salt Lake City, capital of Utah 珊瑚 shān hú coral 汹涌 洶湧 xiōng yǒng to surge up violently (of ocean, river, lake etc) / turbulent syn 水边 水邊 shuǐ biān edge of the water / waterside / shore (of sea, lake or river) syn 湖泊 hú pō lake syn 珊瑚礁 shān hú jiāo coral reef 明镜 明鏡 míng jìng mirror (as a metaphor for sth beautiful, bright and flat – such as a lake – or sth that provides clarity and insight) 拉客 lā kè to solicit (guests, clients, passengers etc) / to importune syn 天鹅湖 天鵝湖 tiān é hú Swan Lake 游弋 遊弋 yóu yì (of a naval vessel) to cruise / to patrol / (of ducks, boats etc) to move about on a lake or river etc syn 千岛湖 千島湖 qiān dǎo hú Qiandao Lake in Zhejiang, aka Xin'an River Reservoir, created as part of a large hydroelectric project in 1959 盐湖 鹽湖 yán hú salt lake syn 淡水湖 dàn shuǐ hú freshwater lake 天池 tiān chí "heavenly lake", lake situated on a mountain / used as the name of numerous lakes, such as 長白山天池|长白山天池[Chang2 bai2 shan1 Tian1 chi2] 瑶池 瑤池 yáo chí the Jade lake on Mount Kunlun, residence of Xi Wangmu 西王母 水浒 水滸 shuǐ hǔ edge of the water / shore or sea, lake or river / seashore 海子 hǎi zi (dialect) wetlands / lake syn 泸沽湖 瀘沽湖 lú gū hú Lugu Lake, alpine lake on the border of Yunnan and Sichuan 洞庭湖 dòng tíng hú Dongting Lake in northeast Hunan province 断桥 斷橋 duàn qiáo The Broken Bridge (at West Lake in Hangzhou) 青海湖 qīng hǎi hú Qinghai Lake (Tibetan: mtsho-sngon) 湖区 湖區 hú qū Lake District, north England 滇池 diān chí lake Dianchi in Yunnan 湖光山色 hú guāng shān sè scenic lakes and mountain (idiom) / beautiful lake and mountain landscape 鄱阳湖 鄱陽湖 pó yáng hú Poyang Lake in Shangrao 上饒|上饶[Shang4 rao2], Jiangxi 碧螺春 bì luó chūn biluochun or pi lo chun, a type of green tea grown in the Dongting Mountain region near Lake Tai 太湖[Tai4 Hu2], Jiangsu 洱海 ěr hǎi Erhai Lake 日月潭 rì yuè tán Sun Moon Lake in Nantou County, Taiwan 白洋淀 白洋澱 bái yáng diàn Baiyang Lake in Hebei 山丹 shān dān coral lily (Lilium pumilum) syn 纳木错 納木錯 nà mù cuò Namtso or Lake Nam (officially Nam Co), mountain lake at Nakchu in central Tibet 雷峰塔 léi fēng tǎ Leifeng Pagoda, by West Lake until it was destroyed (also from Madam White Snake) 喀纳斯湖 喀納斯湖 kā nà sī hú Kanas Lake in Xinjiang 竞渡 競渡 jìng dù rowing competition / boat race / swimming competition (e.g. to cross river or lake) syn 红珊瑚 紅珊瑚 hóng shān hú red coral / precious coral (Corallium rubrum and several related species of marine coral) 泡 pāo puffed / swollen / spongy / small lake (esp. in place names) / classifier for urine or feces syn 湖 hú lake / CL:個|个[ge4],片[pian4] syn 泊 pō lake / Taiwan pr. [bo2] syn 珊 shān coral 滨 濱 bīn (bound form) water's edge / bank / shore / (bound form) to border on (a lake, river etc) syn 潢 huáng dye paper / lake / pond / mount scroll 淀山湖 澱山湖 diàn shān hú Dianshan Lake in Shanghai 赛里木湖 賽里木湖 sài lǐ mù hú Sayram Lake in Xinjiang 博斯腾湖 博斯騰湖 bó sī téng hú Bosten Lake in Xinjiang 咸水湖 鹹水湖 xián shuǐ hú salt lake syn 鄱 pó name of a lake 澧 lǐ Lishui River in north Hunan, flowing into Lake Dongting 洞庭湖[Dong4ting2 Hu2] / surname Li 湖滨 湖濱 hú bīn lake front 西湖 xī hú Xihu or West lake (place name) / West Lake in Hangzhou 杭州, Zhejiang / Xihu or Hsihu township in Miaoli county 苗栗縣|苗栗县[Miao2 li4 xian4], northwest Taiwan 伊利湖 yī lì hú Lake Erie, one of the Great Lakes 五大湖[Wu3 da4 hu2] 石珊瑚 shí shān hú stony coral 贝加尔湖 貝加爾湖 bèi jiā ěr hú Lake Baikal, Russia 休伦湖 休倫湖 xiū lún hú Lake Huron, one of the Great Lakes 五大湖[Wu3 da4 hu2] 盐滩 鹽灘 yán tān salt flats / salt lake 人工湖 rén gōng hú artificial lake 草海 cǎo hǎi Caohai Lake, Guizhou 镜花水月 鏡花水月 jìng huā shuǐ yuè lit. flowers in a mirror and the moon reflected in the lake (idiom) / fig. an unrealistic rosy view / viewing things through rose-tinted spectacles / also written 水月鏡花|水月镜花 syn 贵珊瑚 貴珊瑚 guì shān hú precious coral / red coral (Corallium rubrum and several related species of marine coral) 雷扎耶湖 léi zhá yē hú Lake Urmia, northwest Iran, a major salt lake / formerly called lake Rezaiyeh 堰塞湖 yàn sè hú barrier lake / landslide dam / dammed lake 火湖 huǒ hú burning lake / lake of burning sulfur / inferno (in Christian mythology) 富营养湖 富營養湖 fù yíng yǎng hú eutrophic lake / eutrophied lake 沃化湖 wò huà hú eutrophic lake / eutrophied lake 布莱德湖 布萊德湖 bù lái dé hú Lake Bled, glacial lake amid the Julian Alps in Slovenia, adjacent to the town of Bled 邵伯湖 shào bó hú Shaobo Lake, freshwater lake in Jiangsu Province 罗布泊 羅布泊 luó bù pō Lop Nor, former salt lake in Xinjiang, now a salt-encrusted lake bed 刺桐 cì tóng Indian coral tree / sunshine tree / tiger's claw / Erythrina variegata (botany) 查戈斯群岛 查戈斯群島 chá gē sī qún dǎo Chagos Archipelago, coral archipelago in tropical Indian Ocean, with Diego Garcia 迪戈·加西亞島|迪戈·加西亚岛[Di2 ge1 · Jia1 xi1 ya4 Dao3] as largest island 珊瑚海 shān hú hǎi Coral Sea 暗沙 àn shā submerged sandbank / submerged coral islet 珊瑚褪色 coral bleaching 全球珊瑚礁监测网 Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network 珊瑚礁联盟 shān hú jiāo lián méng Coral Reef Alliance 冷水珊瑚 lěng shuǐ shān hú cold-water coral 国际珊瑚礁倡议 國際珊瑚礁倡議 guó jì shān hú jiāo chàng yì International Coral Reef Initiative 国际珊瑚礁倡议的行动呼吁 國際珊瑚礁倡議的行動呼籲 Call to Action of the International Coral Reef Initiative 中美洲珊瑚礁走廊 Mesoamerican coral reef corridor / Mesoamerican Reef 印度洋珊瑚礁退化项目 yìn duó yáng shān hú jiāo tuì huà xiàng mù Coral Reef Degradation in the Indian Ocean 国际珊瑚礁行动网 International Coral Reef Action Network 国际珊瑚礁专题讨论会 International Coral Reef Symposium 冷水珊瑚礁 lěng shuǐ shān hú jiāo cold-water coral reef 花边珊瑚 花邊珊瑚 huā bian shān hú lace coral 软珊瑚 軟珊瑚 ruǎn shān hú soft coral 珊瑚礁普查 Census of Coral Reefs 珊瑚尖峰 shān hú jiān fēng coral pinnacle / pinnacle 船舶搁浅造成珊瑚礁损害的赔偿准则 船舶擱淺造成珊瑚礁損害的賠償準則 Guidelines for compensation following damage to coral reefs by ship or boat grounding 池盐 池鹽 chí yán salt from a salt lake 罗布泊 羅布泊 luó bù bó Lop Nor, salt lake and nuclear testing site in Xinjiang 羊卓错 羊卓錯 yáng zhuó cuò Yamdroktso lake in central Tibet 奥涅加湖 奧涅加湖 ào niè jiā hú Lake 洪泽湖 洪澤湖 hóng zé hú Hongze Lake in Jiangsu province 昆明湖 kūn míng hú Kunming Lake 澧水 lǐ shuǐ Lishui river in north Hunan, flowing into Lake Dongting 洞庭湖 马拉开波湖 馬拉開波湖 mǎ lā kāi bō hú Lake 苏必利尔湖 蘇必利爾湖 sū bì lì ěr hú Lake Superior, one of the Great Lakes 五大湖[Wu3 da4 hu2] 维多利亚湖 維多利亞湖 wéi duō lì yà hú Lake Victoria or Victoria Nyanza, Kenya, on the White Nile 岳阳楼 岳陽樓 yuè yáng lóu Yueyang Tower, famous beauty spot in Yueyang, north Hunan, overlooking Dongting Lake 洞庭湖[Dong4 ting2 Hu2] / one of three famous pagodas in China along with Yellow Crane Tower 黃鶴樓|黄鹤楼[Huang2 he4 Lou2] in Wuhan, Hubei and Tengwang Tower 滕王閣|滕王阁[Teng2 wang2 Ge2] in Nanchang, Jiangxi 乍得湖 zhà dé hú Lake Chad 七河州 qī hé zhōu Semirechye region of Kazakhstan, bordering Lake Balkash 巴爾喀什湖|巴尔喀什湖[Ba1 er3 ka1 shi2 Hu2] 